Talk:Montesquieu

Semi-protected edit request on 9 May 2016

I would like to help wikipedia Ocolin (talk) 18:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Not done: Your spirit is appreciated, but please read up on how edit request worked. JWNoctis^{talk to me} 02:57, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2016

I invented montesquieu i'm his father Spacechimp1 (talk) 05:31, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:44, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2016

He wrote in private because hos works were forbidden. 164.104.168.86 (talk) 19:49, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 28 August 2017

Feliciared123 (talk) 13:21, 28 August 2017 (UTC)so i have to do this for civics class

Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. — IVORK _Discuss 14:06, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2018

I will try to add more information to make it have more information. EddieTheGod (talk) 17:41, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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Thanks, ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 21:34, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 November 2018

Please change "His anonymously published The Spirit of the Laws in 1748, which was received well in both Great Britain and the American colonies, influencing the Founding Fathers in drafting the United States Constitution."

TO

"He anonymously published The Spirit of the Laws in 1748, which was received well in both Great Britain and the American colonies, influencing the Founding Fathers in drafting the United States Constitution.

OR

"His anonymously published The Spirit of the Laws in 1748, which was received well in both Great Britain and the American colonies, influenced the Founding Fathers in drafting the United States Constitution."

Because the current sentence seems grammatically incorrect. Balogunubani (talk) 00:24, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done, good catch! –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 01:35, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

"In our time" podcast 2018

The BBC made this podcast in 2018, good background info, but I can't edit. Link is - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b5qnfx Cheers,78.19.202.205 (talk) 09:51, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 December 2019

Reason: Currently, the biography fails to mention a key phase of Montesquieu's life, his travel in Europe.

Edit suggestion: Insert, between "He achieved literary success with the publication of his 1721 Persian Letters, a satire representing society as seen through the eyes of two imaginary Persian visitors to Paris and Europe, cleverly criticizing the absurdities of contemporary French society." and "He next published Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline (1734), considered by some scholars, among his three best known books, as a transition from The Persian Letters to his master work." the following line, regarding his travel in Europe, an important episode in his life which has been omitted in this biography:

"Montesquieu embarked on a grand tour of Europe, especially Italy and England, during which he kept a journal. His reflections on geography, laws and customs during his travels became the primary sources for his major works on political philosophy upon his return to France."

Sources for this addition: (1) Shackleton, Robert. Montesquieu: A Critical Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961. p. 91 (2) Hansong Li (2018) The space of the sea in Montesquieu's political thought, Global Intellectual History, DOI: 10.1080/23801883.2018.1527184 140.247.128.133 (talk) 19:59, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done as requested, with minor citation style modifications. --Nemoschool (talk) 00:35, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Title is forbidden "great britain" definition is wrong. Just should be "britain"

why are the rules arbitrary and there have why alternative rules apply to some? great definitaion is a title not name of the a thing than should change as just name objectivelly but biased and proponent as it is now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xorgery (talk • contribs) 12:31, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

See Great Britain#Toponymy for an explanation. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:11, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

In general, please do not change other editors' wording on talk pages, even if that wording is outside general article guidelines. There are exceptions. See WP:TPO. Dhtwiki (talk) 09:19, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

How does all this nonsense happened

I love this 5opic 197.188.149.226 (talk) 16:48, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

His remains

The last sentence in the biographical section reads as follows: "He was buried in the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, and the Revolution obliterated all trace of his remains."

What does that mean? Was his corpse dug up and defiled for some reason? Frunobulax (talk) 21:53, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 July 2023

i just wanted to say that the link of the english translation of the temple of Gnidus by Montesquieu takes you through a whole rabbit hole to get to the actual book. It may dicourage some non tech-savvy readers so I suggest changing the link directly to the archive file: http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924027361546 . That is all Konstantinos Oikonomopoulos (talk) 20:49, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Criticism

Criticism is a very important heading in every philosopher’s biography, but hardly it could be found! 119.157.34.42 (talk) 15:48, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 September 2023

Typo in biography section ("somoe") 78.150.30.149 (talk) 08:21, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 14:31, 13 September 2023 (UTC)